MP Game - Pandemonium (noob/int game) - running

Aku · #1 August 24th, 2004, 02:51 PM

only mictlan(boron) left...i sent him a pm because i hope he knows the game started

he is around bec he did his turns in other games, i just hope he gets the pm in time

Thufir · #2 August 24th, 2004, 02:58 PM

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Aku said:
only mictlan(boron) left...i sent him a pm because i hope he knows the game started

he is around bec he did his turns in other games, i just hope he gets the pm in time

Well, if he stales on turn 1, maybe we can just consider it a well deserved handicap. Even if he's forgotten us on turn one, I'm sure he'll remember us before turn 2 comes due.

Thufir · #3 August 24th, 2004, 04:21 PM

Boron came through and Turn 2 is up - with no stales. I think we are up and running for real now!

Aku · #4 August 24th, 2004, 04:21 PM

yeah i noticed...looks like he got my pm in time

ill do my turn soon

jarenko · #5 August 24th, 2004, 06:29 PM

Good luck.

jarenko · #6 August 24th, 2004, 06:41 PM

OK. I registered for this Battle ranking thing.

deccan · #7 August 24th, 2004, 06:57 PM

I'm real sorry to drag you guys down, but I can't play at work. It's about 9 am at work now where I am as I type this, and I'll only be able to play when I get off work, at about say 7 or 8 pm today.

With SEIV, I was able to download turns at work, get them back to my home computer, play the turns at lunch time, and then upload the turns when I come back after lunch. But Dominions requires the client to be actually connected to the server, so it's not possible to do this.

Thufir · #8 August 24th, 2004, 07:29 PM

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deccan said:
I'm real sorry to drag you guys down, but I can't play at work. It's about 9 am at work now where I am as I type this, and I'll only be able to play when I get off work, at about say 7 or 8 pm today.

With SEIV, I was able to download turns at work, get them back to my home computer, play the turns at lunch time, and then upload the turns when I come back after lunch. But Dominions requires the client to be actually connected to the server, so it's not possible to do this.

No worries. And honestly, I don't think it's going to make much difference in the long run. Although I've yet to take an MP game past turn 30, from what I've read in Posts, once you get into midgame, we won't be able to crank out the turns anyhow.

Which btw, I should've mentioned before, I expect at some point we'll want to raise it to 48hr QH, which I'll be happy to do when there's a consensus to make that change.

- Thufir

archaeolept · #9 August 24th, 2004, 09:44 PM

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But Dominions requires the client to be actually connected to the server, so it's not possible to do this

I take it the problem is that you are not allowed to install Dom II on your work machine? and the machine you use at lunch has no internet connection?

Thufir · #10 August 24th, 2004, 10:03 PM

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But Dominions requires the client to be actually connected to the server, so it's not possible to do this

I take it the problem is that you are not allowed to install Dom II on your work machine? and the machine you use at lunch has no internet connection?

Or is it a matter of downloading your turn?

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deccan said:
With SEIV, I was able to download turns at work, get them back to my home computer, play the turns at lunch time, and then upload the turns when I come back after lunch. But Dominions requires the client to be actually connected to the server, so it's not possible to do this.

I actually do sometimes download my turns, and work them out offline. The UI for this is not obvious, and I've never transferred the files in an MP game, but I have many times in SP and I don't see why that wouldn't work for MP as well.

When you connect to the server, and enter your kingdom, the client saves two files that reflect your turn: NationName.2h and NationName.trn (e.g. pythium.2h and pythium.trn). If you connect at one location, copy those two files onto a disk (or use email or whatever), then copy those 2 files into your dominions2 install dir, in a folder named "Pandemonium2", you should be able to load up your turn, and set up all your orders on the second computer (in your case your home computer?).

In playing your turn, it will write your orders into the .2h file once you exit by the "E" key (or by escape, if you chose the save game option when you quit), and you can then copy that file (I'd copy both files to be safe), back on your disk and take it to the computer you upload with. Or, if possible and you prefer you can connect back to the server again from your second computer and upload the turn from there.

Often when I am downloading my turn, I am careful to not submit it before I've entered my orders. If you want to be sure to do this, when you first connect to the server to receive your new turn results DO NOT type "E" to quit the connection. Entering "E" uploads your turn file and will cause the server to think you have submitted your turn, even if you entered no orders. Instead hit "escape" and chose the "save game file" as you exit the game. It will give you a warning about not having uploaded your turn, but you can ignore that as that's exactly what you want to do anyway.

Does any of the above make sense? And/or does it solve your problem? It's not as complicated as the length of this post would indicate - the length just means I need to go take a tech writing course